Egg-carton



1. R. HARMAN. EGG CARTON.

APPLICATION FILED APR-5.1919.

1 32 1 ,740. Patented Nov. 11, 1919.

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To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JAMES R. HARM AN,' a citizen of the United States, residing at Post-Ofiioe Building, Oak street, Port Angele's, in the county of Clallam and State of Washington, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Egg-Cartons,

of which the followingis a specification.

This inventionrelates to improvements in cartons or containers used in carrying or transporting fragile articles, such as eggs.

The main object of the invention is to provide acarton which may be stamped from a sin 1e sheet ofsuitable material and bentinto s ape for the purpose of holding given number of fragile articles-in spaced ation. A further object is to provide a tubular container formed of a curved or rolled sheet and having tongues bent from the material of the sheet to form partitions between the cells of the container. The construction is such that the bending of the tongues to provide the .partitions will also furnish diametrically opposite apertures, which will facilitate inspectionof the contents of the receptacle or will permit candling of eg contained in the pacln'ng without removlng the eg from said container.

ith my novel carton a given number of eggs, say one-half dozen, ma be placed in the package and tongues cut mm the blank from which the carton is made, will form partitions between the eggs and prevent the same from contacting. By my construction eggs may be shipped from the hennery to the consumer without liability of breakage and after the eggs are removed, the carton blank may be returned to the hennery in flat form.

With the foregoing objects outlined and with other objects in view, which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention consists in the novel features hereinafter described in detail, illustrated in the accompanying drawing and more particularly pointed out in the appended claim.

Referring to the accompanying draw- %igure 1 is a plan view of the blank from which the carton is formed.

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical sectional view of the carton. 1

Fig. 3 is a perspective View, partly broken away, of the same. p

In the drawing, 1 designates the sheet Specification of Letters Patent. Application-filed April 5, 191a Serial no. 287,914;

or blank fromwhich the carton is formed.

Patented Nov. 11,1919. I

This blank may be'made from any suitable material, but it is preferably j formed of fibrous material, such as pasteboard. The blank is provided with a series of pairs of tongues 2 which are spaced from each other and from the side edges 3 of the blank. These tongues are bent at angles to the blank as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, to form partitions 4, Which extend substantially radially across the carton 5 that is-formed from the blank 1.' As shown in Fig. 2, the partitions space the fragile articles 6 apart and'prevent the same from contacting with one another. The -bending of the tongues out of alinement with the blank provides the apertures 7, which when the carton is formed,

are arranged in'diametrically opposite pairs, so-that the eggs,'if e gs are wrapped in the carton, may be (an led without removing the same from the rece tacle.

The blank is provi ed with two parallel slits 8 which extend in from one of the edges 3 to form a tongue 9 arranged intermediate the ends 10 of the blank. The opposite side of the blank is provided with a slot 11 designed to receive the tongue 9, when the carton is formed, for the purpose of holding the carton in formed condition.

The ends of the blank are provided with flexible fastening devices 12, preferably formed of bendable metal, and securedflt'o the blank by means of tongues 13. Parallel slits 14 are provided near the ends of the blank and the carton, in formed condition, has its side edges additionally secured together by the fastening devices 12. These astening devices extend across theinterior of the carton, at angles to the partitions 4,

' ping relation to form the artitions 4. Then the articles 6 are placed in the cells formed by said partitions. The tongue 9 is then passed through the slit 11 and finally the fastening strips 12 are inserted through the registering apertures 14 and bent down upon the top of the carton. The carton is then in shipped.

I wish to statethat I am aware that various changes-may be made in the structure without departing from the spirit of the invention, asset forth in the claim.

v I at I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is A carton formed from a single rectan lar sheet of flexible fibrous material having two parallel series of spaced tongues cut from the material, said sheet being rolled into." tubular form and said tongues bein bent to cross the interiorof the tube an form spaced artitions, a ton e rovided at one edge 0 the sheet, said s eet aving a slit near its opposite edge to receive the last 20 named tongue, said sheet also having aplurality of alined slits locatednear each end of the same, and flexible metallic strips permanently secured to the intermediate portions of the ends-of said vsheet and passing, 25

through. the last named slits for securing the opposite side edges of the sheet together. In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

JAMES R. HARMAN. 

